The Criterion Channel vs ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
The Criterion Channel
The Criterion Collection, Inc.
App Store
$148.4K/mo
~$1.78M/yr · 1.4M installs
VS
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
NewLeaf Publishing
Google Play
$2.05M/mo
~$24.60M/yr · 220.6M installs
Revenue winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+1282% vs other
Installs winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+15274% vs other
MAU winner
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV wins
+1960% vs other
Rating winner
The Criterion Channel wins
+13% vs other
Why ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV earns roughly 14× more per month than The Criterion Channel - $2.05M vs $148.4K.
- Aggressive pricing. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV undercuts at $9.90/mo vs $10.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV has ~220.6M lifetime installs vs The Criterion Channel's ~1.4M - 153.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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The Criterion Channel
vs
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$148.4K
▶
$2.05M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.78M
▶
$24.60M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4M
▶
220.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
418K
▶
8.6M
App Store rating
4.78★
◀
4.22★
Total ratings
13K
▶
1.6M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.99
◀
$9.90
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 8, 2019
- Last updated
- Jan 8, 2026
- File size
- 65.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 10.000.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 10, 2022
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 3.7.50
- Languages
- -
The Criterion Channel trajectory
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Criterion Channel or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV earns about $2.05M per month, while The Criterion Channel earns about $148.4K. That is a 13.8× revenue gap (~$1.90M more per month for ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV). Annual revenue: The Criterion Channel ≈ $1.78M/year, ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV ≈ $24.60M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Criterion Channel or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV leads with about 220.6M estimated downloads vs 1.4M for The Criterion Channel - a 153.7× gap. The Criterion Channel's App Store downloads are estimated from 13K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are The Criterion Channel and ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do The Criterion Channel and ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV offer? v
The Criterion Channel: IAP range 1 tiers detected. ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV: IAP range $0.49 - $199.99 per item. The Criterion Channel runs a "Subscription (~$10.99/mo)" monetization model; ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV runs "Subscription (~$9.90/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Criterion Channel or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV? v
The Criterion Channel edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: The Criterion Channel 13K ratings, ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV 44K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Criterion Channel vs ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $148.4K for The Criterion Channel and $2.05M for ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare The Criterion Channel or ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV to a different App Store app? v
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